REPORT: Eagles Are 'Up To Something' Considering Potential Trade of No. 12 Pick

REPORT: Eagles Are ‘Up To Something’ Considering Potential Trade of No. 12 Pick

Are the Philadelphia Eagles getting ready to pull a blockbuster move on draft night?

The Eagles are rumored to be ‘up to something’ with that pick, according to people around the NFL. ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler shared what he’s hearing during a recent appearance on SportsCenter.

“I’m told that [Zach Ertz]’s been waiting, bracing for a change, a trade, a release, for the better part of the last two months. It has not happened yet, but Philly sits at 12 overall. It’s not an overly deep tight end class after Kyle Pitts. So if they move back, or down, or wherever they want to move in the three days of the draft, perhaps Zach Ertz could be a part of that deal. And Howie Roseman has been making a lot of calls. The GM of the Eagles has been active. A source told me that “Philly’s up to something with that 12 pick. Maybe Ertz will be involved in that,” Fowler reported.

So far, we’ve already seen the Dolphins move back from No. 3 to No. 12 in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers. Then, the Dolphins acquired the sixth pick from the Eagles along with a fifth-rounder, giving up the No. 12 pick, a fourth-round pick and a 2022 first-round pick.

Roseman recently explained the team’s strategy regarding the trade:

“Well, the reason we traded back from six to 12 was because flexibility creates opportunity. And for us, having an extra first-round pick, when you go back and look at things that are hard to acquire, that’s one of the hardest things to acquire, is a team’s first-round pick in the following year and to move back six spots. But what we really had to do was to sit there and go, ‘Who are the 12 players in this draft that we would feel really good about?’ Are there 12 players in this draft that we feel really good about?”